log4js-logstash

log4js-logstash
===============

This is a very simple log4js appender that can talk to logstash instances. This version is still very specific to Gembly Games B.V. but feel free to fork and adjust =)

Installation
------------
You can install install log4js-logstash by adding this .git url to your package.json

Usage: logstash configuration
-----------------------------
In the "input" part of the logstash server conf :

input {
tcp {
codec => "json"
data_timeout => 10
port => 5959
type => "tcp-input"
}
}

Usage: log4js configuration
---------------------------
Plain javascript
``javascript
var log4js = require('log4js');
log4js.configure({
"appenders": [
{
"category": "TEST",
"type": "log4js-logstash",
"host": "localhost",
"port": 5959,
"fields": {
"instance": "MyAwsInstance",
"source": "myApp",
"environment": "development"
}
},
{
"category": "tests",
"type": "console"
}
],
"levels": {
"tests": "DEBUG"
}
});

var log = log4js.getLogger('tests');

log.error('hello hello');
`

Or in YAML
`yaml
appenders:
[
{
type: 'console',
category:
[
'WEBSERVER','TEST'
]
},
{
type: 'log4js-logstash',
host: 'localhost',
port: 5959,
batch: {
size: 200,
timeout: 10
},
fields: {
instance: 'MyAwsInstance',
source: 'myApp',
environment: 'development',
},
category:
[
'WEBSERVER','TEST'
]
}
]
replaceConsole: true
``